English
explicature
From explicate + -ure, after implicature.
Formed from explicate + -ure
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
Latin plicō ‘to fold’
Latin explicō ‘unfold, explain’
English explicate
Today it means
noun Something explicitly expressed in an utterance, as opposed to what is implicit.
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Etymograph / explicature